John Isner, Nick Kyrgios, Taylor Harry Fritz and Brandon Nakashima will start their campaign in Atlanta, hoping to conquer the local ATP250.
The defending champion is Alex De Minaur, who won the tournament in 2019. This event was not staged in 2020 because of the global pandemic.
Featured matches in Atlanta
The most interesting match will probably be the one between Nick Kyrgios and Kevin Anderson. John Isner will be opposed to fellow American Jeff Wolf. Taylor Fritz will face Evgeny Donskoy. Brandon Nakashima has just reached the final in Los Cabos and he will be opposed to wild-carded Trent Bryde.
Here you can find the draw with the order of play.
John Isner
Now ranked no.35, the American played his last match on the 23rd of July when he lost to world no.115 Brandon Nakashima 7-5 6-4 in the semifinal in Los Cabos (draw).
This season John has a composed 11-7 win-loss record. John Isner’s latest run in Los Cabos was the best achievement of his season.
Nick Kyrgios
Ranked no.58, Nick played his last match on the 3rd of July when he had to retire when playing against world no.15 Felix Auger-Aliassime in the 3rd round and the scoreline was 2-6 6-1 0-0 .
This season Nick achieved a 6-3 win-loss record.
John Isner and Nick Kyrgios played each other 5 times. Their head to head is 3-2 for Kyrgios. The last time they locked horns, Nick Kyrgios won 7-5 5-7 7-6(7)
in the semifinal in Acapulco (Abierto Mexicano Telcel) in March 2019.Taylor Harry Fritz
Ranked no.42, Fritz played his last match on the 23rd of July when he lost to world no.29 Cameron Norrie 6-3 6-1 in the semifinal in Los Cabos (draw).
Until now, during this year the American has a 17-12 win-loss record. Taylor Harry Fritz’s most significant result of this year was reaching the semifinal in Doha, Cagliari and Los Cabos.
Brandon Nakashima
Ranked no.115 (career-high), Brandon played his last contest on the 24th of July when he surrendered to world no.29 Cameron Norrie 6-2 6-2 in the final in Los Cabos (draw).
Currently, during this year Brandon has a 25-16 win-loss record. Nakashima clinched 1 title in the Quimper 2 Challenger. The American was the finalist in Los Cabos.
Taylor Harry Fritz and Brandon Nakashima played each other once. The head to head is 1-0 for Fritz. When they played, Taylor Harry Fritz won 7-5 3-6 6-4 7-5 in the 1st round in London (Wimbledon) on the 30th of June 2021.
Nick Kyrgios, Taylor Harry Fritz |
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